Calendar anomalies in the Ukrainian stock market
Calendar anomalies in the Ukrainian stock market
Author(s): Guglielmo Maria Caporale, Alex PlastunSubject(s): Business Economy / Management, International relations/trade, Financial Markets
Published by: ТОВ “Консалтингово-видавнича компанія “Ділові перспективи”
Keywords: calendar anomalies; day-of-the-week effect; turn-of-the-month effect; month-of-the-year effect; January effect; Holiday effect; Halloween effect;
Summary/Abstract: This paper is a comprehensive investigation of calendar anomalies in the Ukrainian stock market. It employs various statistical techniques (average analysis, Student’s t-test, ANOVA, the Kruskal-Wallis test, and regression analysis with dummy variables) and a trading simulation approach to test for the presence of the following anomalies: day-of-the-week effect; turn-of-the-month effect; turn-of-the-year effect; month-of-the-year effect; January effect; holiday effect; Halloween effect. The results suggest that in general calendar anomalies are not present in the Ukrainian stock market, but there are a few exceptions, i.e. the turn-of-the-year and Halloween effect for the PFTS index, and the month-of-the-year effect for UX futures. However, the trading simulation analysis shows that only trading strategies based on the turn-of-the-year effect for the PFTS index and the month-of-the-year effect for the UX futures can generate exploitable profit opportunities that can be interpreted as evidence against market efficiency.
Journal: Investment Management and Financial Innovations
- Issue Year: 14/2017
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 104-114
- Page Count: 11
- Language: English